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WP-PostViews / Sort by most viewed but view from the least viewed first.

« on: 04 September 2008, 11:05 »

I need a help ladies and gentleman, is it possible to find the top 10 most viewed post but list like

10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st

Basically what I want to do is to create a post template where it will tease readers with excerpts from the bottom of pile. Is it possible? Thanks in advance!

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WP-PostViews / Re: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 25 August 2008, 10:00 »

I just tested it and apparently WP_Query() is not respecting the "v_sortby" and "v_orderby" arguments. Oh well, I guess if you may want to use the code which I posted a few posts up for the recent post code as that is what I am using on my website and then use query_posts() for sorting the views.

Nope, as long i execute v_sortby views, everything below that point will follow v_sortby views. It just doesn't terminate. Thanks for your help anyway.

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Chit-Chat / Re: The auto slider on lesterchan.net front page

« on: 25 August 2008, 08:16 »

You will not understand my code as it is custom to my website.Trial and error and you will get it.

Alright then, thanks for your help.

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WP-PostViews / Re: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 25 August 2008, 08:15 »

That is just an example. You can can cal v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc using WP_Query() as well.

Nope. I tried to put in  v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc in WP_query it returns something funny...oh well.

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Chit-Chat / Re: The auto slider on lesterchan.net front page

« on: 25 August 2008, 08:01 »

Use a timer:

Code: [Select]

setInterval(YOUR_FUNCTION_TO_SLIDE_UP, 10000); 10,000 is in ms

Thanks Lester but my programming skill is really private limited. Could you provide a sample code with 2 containers sliding up and down automatically? Thanks!

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WP-PostViews / Re: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 25 August 2008, 07:56 »

In that case why not use a different variable for example $recent_posts:

Code: [Select]

<?php 
$recent_posts = new WP_Query("showposts=10&what_to_show=posts&nopaging=0&post_status=publish");
while ($recent_posts->have_posts()): 
$recent_posts->the_post();
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> - <?php the_time('jS F Y'); ?></li>
<?php 
endwhile; 
wp_reset_query();
?>

Hmm but the above code doesn't produces sort by views. What does nopaging=0&post_status=publish means? Also I think it's the resetting of the values of conditional properties in the default query object ($wp_query) and nothing I do after could set it back to it's original state which is sort by date whenever query_posts('v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc') is called.

Because I had listed recent posts in my footer.php So whenever a page loaded that has the v_sortby=views, then the list of recent posts will turned to sorted by views instead, otherwise the footer.php is fine by itself.

I wonder could we call v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc using WP_Query ?

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WP-PostViews / Re: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 25 August 2008, 03:26 »

Hmm.. i read somewhere that generally query_posts('v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc') would change the main query for the page and thus will change the results of whatever statements after. That is in my case.

What's funny is wp_reset_query() doesn't reset it to it's original state in my case.

That's really strange..

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WP-PostViews / Re: How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 25 August 2008, 01:10 »

You may want to try:

Code: [Select]

wp_reset_query(); or better still use another loop

It doesn't work. It runs all over from loops to loops, from tables to tables, even from templates to templates especially when i used it in my header template. Any other ways to control it?

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Chit-Chat / Re: The auto slider on lesterchan.net front page

« on: 25 August 2008, 01:04 »

Thanks! That's cool! I found the code. So how do we make it slide by itself?

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Chit-Chat / The auto slider on lesterchan.net front page

« on: 24 August 2008, 13:30 »

Hey Lester, the ajax auto changer which slides up and down on your front page, just wondering is that a plugin or just a normal ajax script? Are you able to share how is it done? Cheers!

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WP-PostViews / How to terminate query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) ?

« on: 24 August 2008, 09:11 »

Hey Lester, when I used query_posts(v_sortby=views&v_orderby=desc) for a particular query, all queries after will follow this sortby views. How do we terminate this function after a query so it doesn't run beyond the loop?

Thanks you in advance. Your plugin rocks.